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Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection cover art

Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2017-10-31

SteamGOG

ActionRPG

Franchise: Ys · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 24, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a world where magic and technology exist side by side, vampire princess Alwen must reclaim her ancestral castle and her magic alongside her unlikely ally, treasure hunter Ragna Valentine. They may make for an odd pair, but when they combine their talents, the sky’s the limit!

9
playing now
92%
positive of 756 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection, known in Japan as Zwei II, is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom for Windows, which was released as a direct sequel to Zwei: The Arges Adventure. A re-release with additional features was released in Japan in December 2009 and in English by Xseed Games in October 2017.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 756 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Nuuvem (2024-05-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 33 of 56 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

902026-08-12 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992024-02-112026-08-302024-02-11 — best price $9.992024-02-20 — best price $9.992024-03-07 — best price $19.992024-03-22 — best price $9.992024-04-18 — best price $19.992024-05-09 — best price $19.992024-06-01 — best price $19.992024-06-26 — best price $7.992024-07-16 — best price $7.992024-08-08 — best price $7.992024-09-20 — best price $7.992024-10-05 — best price $19.992024-11-19 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-18 — best price $8.002025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-06 — best price $7.992025-03-03 — best price $19.992025-03-19 — best price $7.992025-04-26 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-29 — best price $7.992025-08-29 — best price $7.992025-09-13 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-28 — best price $7.992025-11-25 — best price $7.992025-12-11 — best price $7.992026-02-04 — best price $7.992026-03-09 — best price $7.992026-03-27 — best price $7.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-11 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-14 — best price $7.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6469%23

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeActionAction RPGGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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